Best Universities for Organic Chemistry in Oceania

Updated: February 29, 2024

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Oceania ranked based on their research performance in Organic Chemistry. A graph of 17.1M citations received by 522K academic papers made by 51 universities in Oceania was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Organic Chemistry

#1 in Australia

#80 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

2. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Organic Chemistry

#2 in Australia

#97 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1949

3. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Organic Chemistry

#3 in Australia

#107 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

4. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Organic Chemistry

#4 in Australia

#119 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Enrollment: 78,000
Founded: 1958

5. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Organic Chemistry

#5 in Australia

#124 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Enrollment: 49,000
Founded: 1853

6. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Organic Chemistry

#6 in Australia

#158 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

7. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Organic Chemistry

#7 in Australia

#275 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

8. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Organic Chemistry

#8 in Australia

#283 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

9. University of Auckland

New Zealand | Auckland

For Organic Chemistry

#1 in New Zealand

#295 in the World

Founded: 1883

10. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Organic Chemistry

#9 in Australia

#395 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

11. University of Otago

New Zealand | Dunedin

For Organic Chemistry

#2 in New Zealand

#459 in the World

Enrollment: 21,240
Founded: 1869

12. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Organic Chemistry

#10 in Australia

#469 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Enrollment: 58,607
Founded: 1966

13. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Organic Chemistry

#11 in Australia

#526 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

14. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Organic Chemistry

#12 in Australia

#559 in the World

Founded: 1887

15. Massey University

New Zealand | Palmerston North

For Organic Chemistry

#3 in New Zealand

#595 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1963

16. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Organic Chemistry

#13 in Australia

#603 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

17. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Organic Chemistry

#14 in Australia

#605 in the World

Founded: 1965

18. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Organic Chemistry

#15 in Australia

#612 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

19. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Organic Chemistry

#16 in Australia

#620 in the World

Founded: 1971

20. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Organic Chemistry

#17 in Australia

#686 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Enrollment: 33,879
Founded: 1890

21. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Organic Chemistry

#18 in Australia

#690 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

22. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Organic Chemistry

#19 in Australia

#694 in the World

Founded: 1991

23. University of Canterbury

New Zealand | Christchurch

For Organic Chemistry

#4 in New Zealand

#746 in the World

Enrollment: 17,299
Founded: 1873

24. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Organic Chemistry

#20 in Australia

#770 in the World

Founded: 1966

25. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Organic Chemistry

#21 in Australia

#805 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

26. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Organic Chemistry

#22 in Australia

#1006 in the World

Founded: 1908

27. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Organic Chemistry

#23 in Australia

#1079 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

28. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Organic Chemistry

#24 in Australia

#1102 in the World

Founded: 1970

29. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Organic Chemistry

#25 in Australia

#1159 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

30. University of Waikato

New Zealand | Hamilton

For Organic Chemistry

#5 in New Zealand

#1172 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1964

31. Victoria University of Wellington

New Zealand | Wellington

For Organic Chemistry

#6 in New Zealand

#1180 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Enrollment: 21,833
Founded: 1897

32. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Organic Chemistry

#26 in Australia

#1197 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

33. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Organic Chemistry

#27 in Australia

#1452 in the World

Founded: 1990

34. Lincoln University, New Zealand

New Zealand | Christchurch

For Organic Chemistry

#7 in New Zealand

#1471 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1878

35. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Organic Chemistry

#28 in Australia

#1527 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Enrollment: 18,388
Founded: 1967

36. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Organic Chemistry

#29 in Australia

#1617 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

37. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Organic Chemistry

#30 in Australia

#1774 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

38. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Organic Chemistry

#31 in Australia

#1807 in the World

Founded: 1991

39. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Organic Chemistry

#32 in Australia

#2012 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1967

40. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Organic Chemistry

#33 in Australia

#2047 in the World

Founded: 1967

41. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Organic Chemistry

#34 in Australia

#2360 in the World

Founded: 1989

42. Auckland University of Technology

New Zealand | Auckland

For Organic Chemistry

#8 in New Zealand

#2394 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 2000

43. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Organic Chemistry

#35 in Australia

#2697 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

44. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Organic Chemistry

#36 in Australia

#2821 in the World

Founded: 1870

45. University of the South Pacific

For Organic Chemistry

#1 in Fiji

#2980 in the World

Enrollment: 16,980
Founded: 1968

46. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Organic Chemistry

#37 in Australia

#3334 in the World

Founded: 1991

47. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Organic Chemistry

#38 in Australia

#3496 in the World

Founded: 1987

48. University of Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby

For Organic Chemistry

#1 in Papua New Guinea

#3768 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1966

49. Papua New Guinea University of Technology

Papua New Guinea | Lae

For Organic Chemistry

#2 in Papua New Guinea

#3994 in the World

Enrollment: 3,000
Founded: 1965

50. Fiji National University

For Organic Chemistry

#2 in Fiji

#4506 in the World

Enrollment: 27,065
Founded: 2010

51. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Organic Chemistry

#39 in Australia

#4745 in the World

Founded: 1989

Chemistry subfields in Oceania

Biochemical Engineering29

Chemical Engineering48

Computational Chemistry37

Environmental Chemistry45

Inorganic Chemistry42

Materials Science51

Nanotechnology45

Nutrition and Food Science48

Petrology and Geochemistry47

Physical chemistry48

Polymer science and Plastics engineering25

Radiochemistry38